The Cold, Aloof Dominatrix After Parasitically Entering a Rich Family - Chapter 62

Chapter 62: Apology: “Didn’t you say that if anyone offended me, no matter what h…”

Xu Zhixia had lived her life under the gaze of others’ admiration. She came from a quintessential scholarly family—both parents were professors at prestigious universities. While not as wealthy as the Gong family, they were certainly of noble and respected background.

Coupled with her own early success, no matter where she went, she was the representative of academic and moral excellence in everyone’s eyes. The spotlights, applause, and worshipful looks constantly followed her.

One could say she had no history of even being spoken to harshly, let alone being slapped in the face!!!

The two handprints burned on her face like branding irons. A massive humiliation instantly rushed to her head. Her eardrums buzzed, her whole body trembled uncontrollably, and she was on the verge of a breakdown.

“You…” She struggled to open her mouth, only to find that two decades of upbringing prevented her from uttering a single curse word. Her sanity finally collapsed, and she instinctively lunged at Tu Si.

“Ding—”

The elevator opened at that very moment. The result was that the moment Gong Shayu stepped out, she saw Xu Zhixia grabbing Tu Si’s hair and reaching for her face.

Gong Shayu rushed forward, grabbing Xu Zhixia’s wrist and saying coldly: “Xu Zhixia, are you crazy!”

Seeing Gong Shayu, Xu Zhixia’s tears finally broke the dam: “Shayu… she, she hit me.”

“I clearly saw you attacking someone,” Gong Shayu’s voice was colder than before, and her eyes held a ruthlessness Xu Zhixia had never witnessed.

Xu Zhixia stumbled back a step, staring at Gong Shayu’s eyes in disbelief. Her voice was hysterical: “Gong Shayu, are you going to question me for this… thing now?”

“Apologize,” Gong Shayu said expressionlessly: “Apologize to my wife.”

Xu Zhixia suddenly laughed, her tears falling even more fiercely: “Gong Shayu, this is how you treat me? Does our friendship of so many years mean less than a wild girl?”

Tu Si, who was initially brewing a few tears of her own, quietly took half a step back, yielding the crying center stage to Xu Zhixia.

She lowered her head, her eyelashes fluttering, forcefully holding back her tears.

Gong Shayu saw Tu Si’s extremely wronged but forcefully contained appearance, and the anger in her heart burned hotter. She instinctively shielded Tu Si behind her, her tone becoming strong: “Xu Zhixia, I consider you a friend, but she is my wife. And she… how old is she? What did she do to make you come to my house and use your hands?”

Xu Zhixia could no longer bear it, slammed the door, and wailed as she ran off.

The dinner party was naturally ruined.

Just then, Weng Hongye, who was starving, drove into the basement garage.

Before he could even park properly, Gong Shayu’s phone call stopped him: “Go send Xu Zhixia home. Her emotions are unstable right now.”

Weng Hongye let out a mournful howl, rubbed his growling stomach, and reluctantly turned his car around.

In the rear-view mirror, he saw Xu Zhixia stumbling out in high heels, her meticulously styled hair clinging to her tear-streaked face, devoid of her usual elegance and composure.

…

Li Ma saw the noise in the living room quiet down, poked her head out, and quietly asked: “Madam, should the food still be served?”

Tu Si heard that there was food, and no longer cared about Xu Zhixia or Xu Zhidong. She quickly nodded to Li Ma: “Yes, yes, please serve it.”

Gong Shayu sighed inwardly. Fortunately, Tu Si wasn’t an ordinary person and was easier to appease.

Li Ma took her cue from Gong Shayu, instructing the two servants to quickly plate and serve the meticulously prepared dishes from the kitchen.

After Tu Si rapidly devoured the meal, she finally had a moment to complain to Gong Shayu.

“She spoke badly about you, that’s why I hit her.”

Gong Shayu: “!!!”

“Mm-hmm, and because she’s your good friend, I only gently touched her twice.”

Gong Shayu: “…”

“But then she lunged at me like a madwoman.”

Li Ma, who was standing nearby as a background figure, saw the plates becoming empty one by one, and her affection for Tu Si grew stronger. Before coming here, Gong’s mother had instructed her: “Take good care of both of them, especially that young girl.”

Li Ma, the background figure, used the tidying of dishes as an opportunity to whisper: “Miss, I know it’s not my place to speak… but I saw what happened today with my own eyes. It really wasn’t the Madam’s fault. That guest started provoking her as soon as she walked in, and the Madam couldn’t talk her out of it.”

Gong Shayu: Goodness, even the nanny is taking her side now.

Miss Gong looked at Tu Si and asked helplessly: “So… where did you ‘gently touch’ her?”

Tu Si pointed to her own face.

Gong Shayu’s mouth twitched. She could roughly imagine just how “gentle” Tu Si’s touch was. It must be considered ‘gentle’ only if she didn’t perform an impromptu facelift with her bare hands.

When she first entered the house, the scene had truly startled her. Gong Shayu reflected that when it came to fighting, she had never seen Tu Si lose. She believed Tu Si’s statement: “Because she’s your good friend…”

Because she’s my good friend, it’s really not appropriate for her to be slapped on her first visit to our home.

Gong Shayu tried to reason with Tu Si: “It’s like this, she and I have known each other since we were children. I invited her over as a guest, and now she’s been slapped… Could you please apologize to her?”

Tu Si: “I apologized before I slapped her.”

Gong Shayu: “…”

Tu Si tilted her head, asking seriously: “Didn’t you say that if anyone offended me, no matter what happened, Assistant Fang would handle it?”

…

Ten minutes later, Assistant Fang, who was about to go to sleep, received a call from her boss.

“Go buy two bags tomorrow. One for you, one for Xu Zhixia,” Gong Shayu said. Fang Yu was so stunned by the surprise that she didn’t know which way was up, only to hear Gong Shayu continue: “You will represent… Tu Si and apologize to Miss Xu.”

Fang Yu instantly lost her enthusiasm for the bag.

“Huh? Why? Based on what? Don’t you think President Gong is being a little too nice to that woman?” Fang Yu complained to Tan Ke.

For Tan Ke, who was called out for a drink late at night, this was a pleasant surprise. But in front of Assistant Fang, she had to maintain some composure.

The reason was that the previous few times she was down, no matter how much she summoned Assistant Fang, the woman ignored her, let alone agreed to drink with her.

“It’s alright,” Tan Ke smacked her lips, “After all, she is President Gong’s wife.”

Tan Ke thought secretly: I can’t reveal what Blind Wei said, but I’m being a good friend to Fang Yu, right? I’ve hinted at it this much, and she still doesn’t get it?

“Wife? That’s President Gong! Does she even need a wife?”

Fang Yu mused: I drafted that contract. Although only I remember the contents now, President Gong will remember it in a few months.

Since you’re drinking with me, I’ll give you a piece of kind advice.

Tan Ke took a gulp of iced beer. Fang Yu sipped her iced black tea. The two exchanged a meaningful glance, both trying to speak but holding back.

Tan Ke: “President Gong’s feelings for her are definitely not ordinary.”

Fang Yu: “President Gong’s feelings for her will definitely be extraordinary.”

The two raised their glasses, then exchanged another look that clearly conveyed, “You don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.”

Finally, the standoff ended with each of them urging the other to listen to reason.

“Sigh, since you say President Gong likes her so much, ask her to talk to President Gong about going to the hospital for a follow-up check-up,” Fang Yu suddenly said to Tan Ke as they parted ways.

Tan Ke muttered: “Didn’t you say you didn’t think highly of them?”

“That’s two different things, you blockhead.”

Before Tan Ke could open her mouth, Fang Yu interrupted: “It’s settled then. I’ll send the bag and the apology tomorrow. You talk to Miss Tu.”

“Also, Miss Tu… has a high IQ. It’s best to be direct when talking to her.”

Tan Ke, who had drunk half a dozen beers, felt like her head was full of alcohol. What was the necessary connection between a high IQ and speaking directly?